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Israel bombs house of Hamas military commander
Jan 11, 2009, 7:41 GMT
Tel Aviv - Israeli aircraft attacked the house of the commander of the Hamas military wing in the Gaza Strip overnight, the Israeli military said, one of 60 targets hit as Israel pressed on with its assault against Hamas in the beleaguered salient.
It was unclear whether Ahmed Jabri was at home when his house was hit. Hamas leaders have gone underground since the Israeli offensive began on December 27.
Other targets hit in the overnight strikes included, according to the Israeli military, 10 Hamas arms depots, 10 squads of armed gunmen, and nine tunnels under the Gaza-Egypt border used to smuggle weapons into the enclave.
Hamas militants in the Strip, for their part, continued launching rockets at southern Israel, with two Grad missiles hitting the city of Beersheba.
The missiles landed just as 11th graders and 12th graders in the city were returning to school, after a two-week suspension of classes because of the Hamas rocket attacks.
High school classes also resumed in other cities which have become frequent targets of Hamas rockets, with most studies taking place in bomb shelters or in special protected buildings.
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